Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
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Boys
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Robert		 5.44% 0
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James		 5.04% +1
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John		 4.50% -1
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William		 3.84% 0
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Richard		 3.05% +3
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Charles		 2.79% -1
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Donald		 2.61% +3
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George		 1.77% -2
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Thomas		 1.69% +2
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Joseph		 1.66% -3
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David		 1.52% +11
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Edward		 1.36% -3
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Ronald		 1.29% +80
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Paul		 1.16% 0
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Kenneth		 1.15% +4
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Frank		 1.00% -4
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Raymond		 0.92% -2
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Jack		 0.89% -1
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Harold		 0.88% -6
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Billy		 0.81% +28
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Gerald		 0.76% +23
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Walter		 0.75% -6
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Jerry		 0.74% +79
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Joe		 0.66% +10
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Eugene		 0.65% -1
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Henry		 0.65% -8
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Bobby		 0.64% +102
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Arthur		 0.62% -8
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Carl		 0.62% -2
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Larry		 0.60% +160
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Ralph		 0.59% -6
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Albert		 0.58% -11
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Willie		 0.58% -5
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Fred		 0.52% -1
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Michael		 0.52% +17
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Lawrence		 0.50% 0
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Harry		 0.49% -14
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Roy		 0.47% -6
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Howard		 0.47% -13
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Norman		 0.46% +3
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Roger		 0.46% +48
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Daniel		 0.44% +3
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Louis		 0.44% -14
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Earl		 0.41% -13
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Gary		 0.40% +446
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Clarence		 0.39% -16
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Anthony		 0.39% -6
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Francis		 0.38% -13
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Wayne		 0.38% +24
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Marvin		 0.38% 0
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Ernest		 0.36% -12
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Leonard		 0.36% -14
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Herbert		 0.35% -16
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Melvin		 0.35% -5
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Stanley		 0.34% -13
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Leroy		 0.33% -3
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Don		 0.33% +49
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Peter		 0.33% +1
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Jimmy		 0.33% +126
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Alfred		 0.32% -20
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Dale		 0.30% +24
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Bill		 0.30% +25
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Samuel		 0.30% -17
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Bernard		 0.28% -17
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Ray		 0.28% -3
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Gene		 0.27% +35
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Philip		 0.27% +3
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Russell		 0.27% -14
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Frederick		 0.25% -6
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Franklin		 0.24% +68
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Dennis		 0.24% +103
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Douglas		 0.24% +31
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Jimmie		 0.24% +51
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Gordon		 0.24% +1
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Andrew		 0.23% -19
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Theodore		 0.23% -12
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Floyd		 0.23% -17
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Johnny		 0.23% +67
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Allen		 0.22% +16
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Glenn		 0.22% -1
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Bruce		 0.22% +52
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Edwin		 0.22% -25
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Lee		 0.22% 0
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Lloyd		 0.22% -23
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Bob		 0.22% +45
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Clifford		 0.21% -21
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Leon		 0.21% -11
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Leo		 0.21% -33
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Clyde		 0.21% -21
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Eddie		 0.21% +17
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Vernon		 0.21% -25
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Martin		 0.20% -11
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Alvin		 0.20% -22
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Jim		 0.19% +58
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Herman		 0.19% -28
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Lewis		 0.18% -19
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Harvey		 0.18% -9
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Tommy		 0.18% +105
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Vincent		 0.18% -25
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Charlie		 0.18% -22
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.19% 0
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Betty		 2.72% +2
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Barbara		 2.68% +15
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Shirley		 2.08% +13
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Patricia		 2.00% +25
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Dorothy		 1.91% -4
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Joan		 1.57% +53
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Margaret		 1.43% -3
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Nancy		 1.29% +53
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Helen		 1.27% -7
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Carol		 1.07% +105
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Joyce		 1.05% +49
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Doris		 1.00% -5
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Ruth		 0.99% -8
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Virginia		 0.93% -8
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Marilyn		 0.89% +66
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Elizabeth		 0.87% -6
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Jean		 0.85% -2
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Frances		 0.83% -9
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Beverly		 0.73% +72
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Lois		 0.73% +1
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Alice		 0.72% -7
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Donna		 0.71% +81
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Martha		 0.70% -1
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Dolores		 0.70% +23
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Janet		 0.69% +86
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Phyllis		 0.67% +15
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Norma		 0.66% +8
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Carolyn		 0.63% +90
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Evelyn		 0.63% -18
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Gloria		 0.62% +9
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Anna		 0.60% -19
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Marie		 0.60% -19
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Ann		 0.58% +17
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Mildred		 0.56% -26
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Rose		 0.54% -12
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Peggy		 0.51% +88
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Geraldine		 0.45% +19
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Catherine		 0.45% -12
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Judith		 0.45% +248
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Louise		 0.45% -15
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Janice		 0.45% +140
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Marjorie		 0.45% -23
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Annie		 0.44% -12
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Ruby		 0.43% -17
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Eleanor		 0.42% -17
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Jane		 0.42% +9
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Sandra		 0.41% +516
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Irene		 0.40% -30
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Wanda		 0.39% +26
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Elaine		 0.37% +29
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June		 0.37% -7
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Joanne		 0.37% +168
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Rita		 0.35% -5
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Florence		 0.34% -34
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Delores		 0.34% +92
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Lillian		 0.34% -32
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Marlene		 0.34% +775
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Edna		 0.34% -24
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Sarah		 0.33% -2
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Patsy		 0.33% +164
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Lorraine		 0.33% -12
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Thelma		 0.33% -29
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Josephine		 0.33% -31
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Juanita		 0.33% -11
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Bonnie		 0.32% +49
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Arlene		 0.32% +57
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Gladys		 0.32% -37
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Joann		 0.31% +208
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Sally		 0.31% +97
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Charlotte		 0.31% +7
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Kathleen		 0.31% +13
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Audrey		 0.31% 0
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Pauline		 0.31% -37
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Wilma		 0.30% -7
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Sylvia		 0.30% +27
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Theresa		 0.30% -3
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Jacqueline		 0.29% +67
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Clara		 0.29% -24
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Ethel		 0.29% -39
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Loretta		 0.29% +48
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Grace		 0.28% -39
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Sharon		 0.28% +630
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Edith		 0.28% -45
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Lucille		 0.28% -47
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Emma		 0.27% -27
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Bernice		 0.27% -41
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Marion		 0.27% -41
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Linda		 0.27% +228
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Jo		 0.26% +164
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Anne		 0.26% -10
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Hazel		 0.26% -48
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Roberta		 0.25% +48
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Carole		 0.24% +398
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Darlene		 0.24% +143
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Esther		 0.23% -44
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Katherine		 0.23% -34
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Ellen		 0.23% +2
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Laura		 0.23% -22
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Julia		 0.23% -34
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